Mr. Smith served as currently Chief Financial Officer and a Director of Rolls Royce.

Mr. Smith was CFO of the technology group Edwards immediately prior to joining Rolls Royce; he has previously been Chief Executive Officer of Jaguar Land Rover and held a number of senior finance positions at Ford.

He is a Non-executive Director of Motability Operations Group plc. He was previously a Director of Edwards Group Limited.

Mr. Smith holds an MA in Economics from Cambridge University and an MBA from Warwick University.